Business People

Published 3:57 am, Tuesday, September 1, 2009

- Waterbury-based Webster Bank N.A., a subsidiary of Webster Financial Corp., has appointed Ginger Siegel as senior vice president and director of its business and professional banking unit.

Siegel is responsible for leading Webster's efforts in the small business market, which serves businesses with revenues of $10 million or less. She oversees sales, marketing and product development for the unit, as well as its lending activities and portfolio management.

Before joining Webster, Siegel spent two years as national sales executive, senior vice president in small business banking at Washington Mutual. Siegel previously spent more than 20 years at Citibank in several retail and business banking leadership roles, culminating in a senior vice president position.

The award-winning series of mailers, "Examine," is a medical-office design resource created to educate private practitioners.

Team members consist of Antinozzi's medical design team, including principal George Perham, marketing coordinator Kara Bacik, Alicia Connery and Stephanie Barbagiovanni, and Bligh Graphics' principals Carolyn Bligh and Jeannot Bligh. Antinozzi Associates is an architecture and interior design firm with a specialty in medical office design. Bligh Graphics, specialized in the building industry, provides graphic design and writing services for print and digital media.

- New Canaan resident Marilyn Ward Ford has been appointed to the Hudson Valley Bank's new Connecticut Business Development Board. Board members are appointed by the bank's board of directors to assist in developing deposits, loans and investment business.

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